A Call to Christian Men: Start acting like one

I take joy in being a part of a Christian denomination that holds a high view Scripture and that encourages members to structure their lives in a way that is true to Scripture and God honoring. Baptists are often accused of being closed-minded and backwards because we cling so tightly to Scriptural principles in a [...]

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A Good Idea Gone Awry: Taking the Hill- Evangelism initiative at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Before you read, watch:

Now, tell me what you think of that?
Every year, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary engages in an evangelism initiative to help encourage the seminary family to take the Gospel to the lost. One of the things I most admire about my seminary is how evangelistic it is. Every semester [...]

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When TV -almost- Gets it Right- Jim and Pam of “The Office”

I’ve been an Office regular for some time now and one of the most amazing things about the show is the (often) painfully slow development of the relationship between Jim and Pam. Long time viewers will know that from the very first episodes there was a chemistry between the two characters. They just worked.
Well, the [...]

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A Birthday!

On Friday evening we celebrated my wife’s birthday! We had three couples from our Sunday School class over and we hung out in the courtyard of our complex. Our apartment is too small to put more than a few people in it at a time so we thought the courtyard would be the best place. [...]

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Opposites Attract

If you have been on Facebook at all recently, you have probably noticed that one of the popular quizzes that is sweeping across Facebook is a Myers-Briggs personality type quiz. I have taken the actual test several times for different things, and I have always had a consistent result. Here is my result from the [...]

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Chaplain Candidate Program: Strong Bonds Marriage Retreat

Last weekend was arguably the highlight of the Chaplain Candidate program for me thus far (other than CHBOLC). The last few months I have had the privilege of being assigned to drill with aBN Chaplain so that I can learn by observing him and taking on some responsibilities myself. Our May drill was a Strong [...]

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More Southern Baptist Birth Control Controversy from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

I confess, I haven’t gone to chapel this semester. If I would have gone to chapel, I would have heard Dr. Thomas White deliver a sermon on Psalm 127. Here is a link to the full sermon. The controversial comments start at about 19:00.
Unfortunately, this is something that I have addressed before on this blog. [...]

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Struggling to Find a Routine

Well, I’ve been back home for almost two weeks now. There is definitely not as much to post about since I finished CHBOLC.
I have been struggling to catch up with my seminary classes and get back into a routine of daily reading and study. I also decided to drop a class. I was taking 12 [...]

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CHBOLC: Day 53 “New Toy and Some Weekend Pics”

I don’t really have anything new to day regarding what we did today. It was PT, Chapel, and Class; our typical day. Our classes today consisted of briefings given by Navy and Air Force Chaplain on joint operations and a briefing about the restructuring of the Army. Good info, just not very exciting.
If you have [...]

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Yes…We Are Weird!

Friends,
today is a glorious day. It is a day that will remembered as one where Caleb and Laura did something counter cultural…something weird.
On this day we bit the bullet, wrote the big check, and paid off our second vehicle in nine months. That’s right, at the ripe old ages of 23 and 24, Caleb and [...]

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